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Toni Lydman might be considering retirement after turning down two separate two-year contracts each worth a total of $5 million, according to TSN's Aaron Ward.

It's worth noting that Lydman suffered a concussion during the Ducks' first-round series loss to the Red Wings. We haven't seen anything that would connect the two, but it's possible the effects of the injury have lingered. Lydman had six assists and 12 penalty minutes in 35 games with Anaheim last season. Thu, Aug 1, 2013 05:21:00 PM

Toni Lydman admitted to suffering a concussion in the Anaheim Ducks' first-round series loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Lydman never returned after a Justin Abdelkader check to his head in Game 3. Lydman eventually copped to suffering migraines as a result of the hit, which earned Abdelkader a two-game suspension by the league. While concussions can bother players for undetermined lengths of time, hopefully Lydman will be alright by training camp in September. Tue, May 14, 2013 02:13:00 PM

Toni Lydman was unable to return to the Anaheim lineup due to migraines.

The secret is out now that the Ducks have been eliminates. Lydman was knocked out of the series on a Justin Abdelkader check to his head in Game 3, a hit that cost Abdelkader a two game suspension and Lydman a lot more than that. Hopefully the migraine issue will clear up over the summer and Lydman will be all right to participate at training camp in September. He will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer and it remains to be seen whether or not the Ducks are still interested in his services. Mon, May 13, 2013 06:07:00 AM

Toni Lydman (head) didn't travel with the Ducks to Detroit for Game 6.

It will be the third game Lydman's missed since being hit by Detroit's Justin Abdelkader. "He hasn't skated since he got hit," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Whether it'd be today or Sunday, I've got to believe it'd be hard for him to get back in the lineup." There's no timetable for his return. Fri, May 10, 2013 09:00:00 AM

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Toni Lydman admitted to suffering a concussion in the Anaheim Ducks' first-round series loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Lydman never returned after a Justin Abdelkader check to his head in Game 3. Lydman eventually copped to suffering migraines as a result of the hit, which earned Abdelkader a two-game suspension by the league. While concussions can bother players for undetermined lengths of time, hopefully Lydman will be alright by training camp in September.

Toni Lydman was unable to return to the Anaheim lineup due to migraines.

The secret is out now that the Ducks have been eliminates. Lydman was knocked out of the series on a Justin Abdelkader check to his head in Game 3, a hit that cost Abdelkader a two game suspension and Lydman a lot more than that. Hopefully the migraine issue will clear up over the summer and Lydman will be all right to participate at training camp in September. He will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer and it remains to be seen whether or not the Ducks are still interested in his services.

Toni Lydman (head) didn't travel with the Ducks to Detroit for Game 6.

It will be the third game Lydman's missed since being hit by Detroit's Justin Abdelkader. "He hasn't skated since he got hit," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Whether it'd be today or Sunday, I've got to believe it'd be hard for him to get back in the lineup." There's no timetable for his return.

Toni Lydman is still experiencing symptoms related to the head injury he sustained on Saturday.

Lydman was hit by Detroit's Justin Abdelkader and hasn't played since. "He's still got headaches, but he's feeling better," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau. "As to when he's going to play, I couldn't give you an answer." Abdelkader will serve the second of his two-game suspension on Thursday.

Lydman hasn't played since absorbing Detroit's Justin Abdelkader hit on Saturday. Abdelkader received a two-game suspension for his actions. Lydman has been dealing with neck soreness and a migraine as a result of the blow.

Toni Lydman is considered doubtful for Monday's game in Detroit due to a migraine and neck soreness.

Lydman was injured when Detroit's Justin Abdelkader hit him on Saturday, a hit that got Abdelkader a two game suspension by the NHL. Lydman did not practice on Sunday and it would seem that he could be out for at least the remainder of the series. "At this stage, it's hard to tell," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Toni has headaches and he's got a stiff neck. Bright lights are bugging him. So I don't know when that's not going to be there." Reserve him for now, if you can.

Toni Lydman suffered a head injury when he was hit by the Red Wings Justin Abdelkader Saturday.

Abdelkader picked up a five minute major for charging and a game misconduct and will definitely be on the carpet for a suspension by the NHL. Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said that "he's got a good headache" and did not expect Lydman to practice on Sunday. We don't want to say the dreaded 'c' word but it sure looks like Lydman has a concussion. Stay tuned.

Toni Lydman was a healthy scratch for the third time in four games Sunday.

Lydman could be the odd man out in Anaheim, especially with all seven blueliners healthy. Lydman has four assists in 29 games with an even plus/minus rating, a far cry from the plus-32, which was second best in the NHL, that Lydman produced just two seasons ago.

Lydman has obviously recovered from the flu which kept him out of Wednesday night's game. He took 24 shifts and was on the ice for 19:14 in the Ducks' 3-1 loss to the Stars and seems fine to activate if needed.

Toni Lydman (flu) will be back in the lineup Friday against the Dallas Stars.

Fellow defenseman Ben Lovejoy is also expected to play Friday night, which would be his Ducks debut. As for Lydman, he returned to practice Thursday after sitting out Wednesday night with the illness. Owners should feel free to use Lydman as they normally would, while Lovejoy will likely move in and out of the lineup as a depth defenseman.

Toni Lydman will not play on Wednesday as he is suffering from the flu.

Lydman has two assists in seven games thus far this season with a plus-one rating and four penalty minutes. He has no fantasy value this season in traditional pools but does pick up a lot of blocks and hits and was plus-32 in 2010-11 so there is the possibility of value. Rickard Rakell is a healthy scratch.

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He will not need surgery. Eric Stephens of the Orange County Register says Getzlaf will rehab the injury during the summer. The Ducks did not disclose any sort of timetable, though the 30-year-old should be ready in plenty of time for the start of training camp. Getzlaf had 25 goals and 70 points during the regular season, adding 20 points in 16 games during the playoffs.

Ryan Kesler is determined to play beyond the six-year, $41.25 million contract he signed on Wednesday.

Keep in mind that Kesler still has one season of his previous deal left, so he's locked up for the next seven campaigns. He'll turn 31 years old on August 31. "Right now, I'm fully confident that I can play out this contract and get another one after," Kesler said. We don't have trouble believing that he'll be able to extend his playing career beyond this contract, but there's a good chance that Kesler will be a significantly worse player by that point.

Rickard Rakell's only point of the playoffs came back in Game 3 of the first round against Winnipeg.

He scored the game-winning goal that night in overtime. Rakell hasn't earned a point in 11 straight games since then. He will continue to skate on the fourth line with Emerson Etem and Jiri Sekac in Game 6 against Chicago.

General Manager Bob Murray said that the shoulder injury suffered by Nate Thompson was a bad one.

Thompson required surgery to repair two labral tears and do not expect the feisty forward to be back in action until November or December. He will likely not be at 100 percent upon his return. His big fantasy value is in faceoff wins so we would take a pass on him this season.

Shawn Horcoff has signed a one-year contract worth $1.75M with the Anaheim Ducks.

Horcoff had another poor year with Dallas in 2014-15, scoring just 11 goals and 29 points in 76 games. Anaheim possibly represents a fresh start for Horcoff who is now 36-years-old, and just finished a five-year contract worth $33M he originally signed with Edmonton.

The Anaheim Ducks and Jakob Silfverberg continue to talk about a contract extension.

Silfverberg is a restricted free agent and the Ducks want him back in their lineup after an outstanding playoffs where he had four goals and 18 points in only 16 games. Silfverberg struggled in the regular season with only 13 goals and 39 points in 81 games but the post-season showed many what kind of hockey player he is capable of being.

Patrick Maroon scored his seventh goal of the playoffs in the Anaheim Ducks' 5-2 loss to the Blackhawks in Chicago Wednesday night.

The Western Conference Final is now tied at 3-3, with the seventh and deciding game to be played in Anaheim Saturday night. Maroon has contributed 10 points in 15 playoff games for the Ducks. Anaheim's other goal Wednesday was produced by Clayton Stoner, his first of the post-season. The Ducks never led in this one and were down by as much as 3-0 in the second period.

The Anaheim Ducks and newly acquired RFA forward Carl Hagelin are "making progress" on a new contract.

With now-teammate Andrew Cogliano serving as a comparable, Hagelin "is believed to be seeking something in the neighborhood of $3-3.5 million annually." Cogliano is two years older and with over twice as many games played in the NHL than Hagelin, he is also in the middle of a four-year contract worth $12M. Hagelin appears as focused as ever regardless of what he signs for, "I always go in with the same mindset every year. I’m ready to do whatever it takes." If the two sides cannot come to an agreement by Sunday afternoon, then they'll have to settle in arbitration later in the summer.

While it's not 100 percent certain, it looks like Tomas Fleischmann will draw back into the Anaheim Ducks' lineup against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 of the WCF on Saturday.

Bruce Boudreau seems like he's leaning toward experience in slotting Fleischmann in for Emerson Etem. The 31-year-old Czech has one assist in five postseason games. He's gone three straight without a point, receiving minimal ice time and only generating a single SOG in that span. It would be surprising if "Flash" is a big difference-maker in this one, but Game 7's can be unpredictable.

Corey Perry had personal highs in the 2015 playoffs with 10 goals and 18 points in 16 games.

His 10 goals also tied Anaheim's franchise record for goals in a single postseason, which was originally set by Andy McDonald in 2007. Unfortunately, he won't get to continue as his Ducks were eliminated in the Western Conference Final by Chicago.

Andrew Cogliano scored a goal in Anaheim's triple-overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.

Cogliano has recorded a point in three of his last four contests. Tuesday's defeat will obviously be particularly tough for Anaheim to swallow, but it needs to bounce right back in the Western Conference Final. If Cogliano continues to play like he has lately, there's a fair chance the Ducks will be able to accomplish that.

Jiri Sekac will remain in the lineup for Game 2 against Chicago in the Western Conference Final.

He skated on the fourth line in his first NHL playoff appearance during Game 1 on Saturday. Coach Bruce Boudreau liked what he saw from the trio of Sekac, Rickard Rakell and Emerson Etem, so he'll keep the intact for Tuesday night.

The deal is reportedly worth $1.7 million dollars. The 27-year-old scored 28 goals back in 2009-10 but has failed to hit the 20-goal mark since then. Stewart is a big body who doesn't shy away from contact and he certainly has the ability to score at the NHL level, but consistency has always been an issue. Still, this is a good low-risk signing for the Ducks. He had 14 goals and 36 points with Buffalo and Minnesota last season.

The Anaheim Ducks are expected to roll the same lineup on Tuesday night in Game Two as they did in Game One on Sunday against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Forwards Tim Jackman and Tomas Fleischmann will be joined by defenders James Wisniewski and Korbinian Holzer, along with goalie Jason LaBarbera in the press box to cheer on their mates. Of note, only Jackman and Fleischmann have seen postseason action during these playoffs and have combined for a point in 13 games.

Cam Fowler was disappointed yet again as the Ducks dropped another Game 7.

This is the third straight year that the Ducks have lost a Game 7 at home and it's starting to wear on the young blueliner. "It's miserable," Fowler said. "It's an awful feeling. I just feel like personally, I let a lot of people down. I think as a team, we let a lot of people down. We felt like we had a special thing going and for it to be over is a pretty surreal feeling, to be honest. It doesn't feel like we deserve to be done yet, but that is how it goes." Fowler had an assist on the final goal and ended the playoffs with two goals and 10 points in 16 games.

Sami Vatanen had a goal and an assist in the Ducks' 5-4 overtime win against Chicago in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final.

He potted two goals in the first four games of the playoffs when Anaheim faced Winnipeg in Round 1, but his production had slowed down since then. Vantanen accounted for three assists in his previous nine games. He now has posted 10 points in 14 matches this postseason.

Look for Kevin Bieksa to be the veteran leader of the Anaheim Ducks blueline.

The Ducks had Francois Beauchemin as their veteran leader last season but the unrestricted free agent left for the Colorado Avalanche this week. The 34-year-old Bieksa will provide the veteran presence for the young Ducks like Cam Fowler 23, Sami Vatanen 24, Hampus Lindholm 21 and Simon Despres 23. Bieksa used to be a very good fantasy defenseman but with four goals and 14 points in 60 games last season, he has little value outside of his penalty minute totals at this stage of his career.

Hampus Lindholm had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Lindholm continues to be one of the most underrated players in the entire NHL. The 21-year-old opened the scoring at the 8:48 mark of the first period and he also added an assist on Nate Thompson's insurance marker in the third period. Lindholm finished the game with a plus-1 rating and two blocked shots in 22:43 of ice time. He now has two goals and eight points in 10 playoff games in 2015. Lindholm was named the game's second star.

Simon Despres has been a pleasant surprise on the Ducks blueline since his trade from Pittsburgh at the trade deadline.

Despres had the winner on Thursday but his solid play since the March 2 trade has impressed his teammates. "When you don’t expect much from a guy because you didn’t know the guy, it was a great surprise for everybody," fellow defenseman Francois Beauchemin said. "He was the steal of the deadline, that’s for sure. In the last few years I don’t know if there’s a guy that was traded at the deadline that’s made such a big impact on a team as he did. It was just a great move by Murph (GM Bob Murray)."

Clayton Stoner netted his first goal of the 2015 playoffs on Wednesday night in Game 6 against Chicago.

He scored less than two minutes into the third period to shrink Chicago's lead to one goal, but the Ducks couldn't get the tying marker and ended up with a 5-2 loss. Stoner has one point, 28 blocks, 59 hits and a plus-5 rating in the postseason this year.

The Ducks first round pick and 26th overall in the 2013 Draft is a high scoring defenseman who may need some more minor league seasoning. He played a bit in Norfolk at the end of the season but had 13 goals and 48 points in 43 games for Seattle of the WHL. He shouldn't see any playoff action but with the Admirals eliminated from play in the AHL, the chance to be with the Ducks during the Stanley Cup run, can only help him in the future.

The season didn't end the way he wanted it to, but Andersen did have a strong campaign in 2014-15. "I know that I've taken steps," Andersen said. "But we'll see. I'll talk to the people on my team to get me better, my trainers and stuff. How to build for next year. It's not going to be tomorrow, but it's going to be hopefully pretty soon." The 25-year-old finished the year with a 35-12-5 record and a 2.38 goals-against-average and a .914 save percentage.

Anaheim GM Bob Murray said that goaltender John Gibson is not on the trade block.

There were plenty of rumors when Murray dealt for Carolina netminder Anton Khudobin but the GM nixed those thoughts quickly in a press conference. "It’s funny," Murray said. "I make a deal and everybody obviously assumes one of the two is going. Maybe everybody should look back at what went on last year and the [bad situations] that were created with the injuries with these two guys and the different ways we tried to fix it and didn’t work. This way, we’re covered. We’re covered right now. I have no idea how it’ll play out at the start. But I just know I’ve got my back end covered right now." It looks like Frederik Andersen is slated to start and Gibson could find himself in the minors as he does not have to clear waivers next season.